Product Analysis

Teaching staff

Joan Maroto

Architecture graduate who also holds a Master’s degree in the Theory and Practice of the Architectonic Project from ETSAB-UPC.

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Joan has combined his professional career with his academic career and participated in numerous courses, seminars and conferences. He is currently progressing his professional career at the Juan Maroto Arch studio and develops his doctoral research at the ETSAB - UPC. He has worked at prominent national and international architectural studios and has executed renowned works for both private developers and public entities. He has ties with various universities (ETSAB, UIC, IAAC) as a lecturer and has published articles in a variety of scientific media.

Knowledge of the tools (instruments) used in the manufacturing of products* according to their manufacturing process (handcrafted, digital or industrial).

Learning the codes for the generation and transfer of information related to product* design.

Learning about the optimisation/efficiency related to the processes for product* design/manufacturing.

Learning about the links between product* and the environment (social, environmental, economic).

Learning to analyse (read) an existing product* paying special attention to the concepts of ‘category’, ‘programme’, ‘syntaxes’, ‘origin’. ‘components’, ‘links to other products’, ‘links to the projects of interior design’, ‘materials’ and ‘manufacturing processes and techniques’.

* 'Product' understood in the context of interior design.

CONTENTS

Module 1: Toolbox

Links between the product(s) and the interior design project.

Analysis of the role of product design in relation to the designer-user-manufacturer roles.

Representation techniques linked to the design of products (codes for the generation of information) and techniques for the creation of documentation linked to the manufacturing of the product (codes for the transfer of information).

Is able to successfully handle complex situations or those which require new solutions both in academic and professional contexts in the field of design.

Solves problems and situations that arise from professional development and innovative and proactive approaches.

SPECIFIC SKILLS

SS5. Excellent command of languages of expression, graphic representation techniques, digital imaging tools, and formal and manual production techniques specific to different fields of design, thereby enabling their consistent application in the experimentation, development, execution and presentation processes inherent to professional projects.

SS9. Implementation of design projects which provide alternative solutions and propose improvements based on functionality and viability. These solutions and improvements must also be able to respond to problems or changing situations in advance, through the development of a formal production at a professional level.